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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Conservative White People’s Primary

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Pakistan
Top 5 Foreign Policy Challenges for US, 2012

Top 5 Foreign Policy Challenges for US, 2012

My list of challenges last year this time more or less nailed it, especially my concerns about the Mubarak era ending in Egypt. Many of […]

Juan Cole

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On the end of Newt Gingrich’s Campaign

On the end of Newt Gingrich’s Campaign

“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” – François de La Rochefoucauld (d. 1680)

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqis Celebrate being Free of US Troops, Fear US Meddling

Iraqis Celebrate being Free of US Troops, Fear US Meddling

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq held a rally in a sports stadium on Saturday to celebrate Iraq being free of US troops. He declared […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
New Year's 2012 in Tahrir Square, Egypt

New Year’s 2012 in Tahrir Square, Egypt

New Year’s in Tahrir Square, Cairo: The leftist crowd begins by singing the national anthem. Then a woman revolutionary calls out, “Bread, Freedom and social […]

Juan Cole

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New Year's in Dubai 2012

New Year’s in Dubai 2012

New Year’s in Dubai

Juan Cole

Arab World
2011: End of US Hyperpower & its War with Islamdom

2011: End of US Hyperpower & its War with Islamdom

Some years are pivotal and serve to mark off eras of history. 2011 saw the end of American hyperpower, and it announced the end of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011

Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011

1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq Bzzt! Wrong answer. None of the young people […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Gascoigne:  Syria, the Invisible Massacre

Gascoigne: Syria, the Invisible Massacre

Martin Gascoigne writes in a guest essay for Informed Comment The ongoing conflict in Syria, in a year of tremulous conflict across the region and […]

Juan Cole

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